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Amethesta Domvar jogged quickly toward the group of Jedi waiting. Her white hair a bit disheveled from her jog down the path to the Jedi Temple. she caught her breath, stopping in front of the master and her peers.

"I could not find her master. she was not in her normal places. no one has seen her today."

one of the younger Jedi stepped forward. "My brother Hycoit is missing as well master."

Master Kayden grumbled. His pinched, middle aged face stern and angry.

"Blast the stars! That girl will get herself killed one day with her misbehavior."

"I apologize master. Amethesta said softly. My sister has always been spiteful, reckless, impulsive.."

"She behaves more like a sith then a Jedi." Master Kayden growled.

"She has spirit that is all." Amethesta nodded, smiling. "Her heart is pure though."

"We shall see." Master Kayden stood stoically, hands on hips. He took a deep breath, then walked back over to the Courtyard in front of the Jedi Temple.

Amethesta followed him slowly. she sighed. I should not be worried about my sister, she thought, but Elleanna is tenacious and ambitious.. not traits becoming a Jedi at all.

A hollow sinking feeling slowly came to her. she slowed her pace.

Master Kayden noted her far away look. he knew the Miriluka were strong in the force. they had no eyes as a species. they saw only with the force.

"Amethesta?

She rose her pale hand, her face drawn and thoughtful. "I sense darkness Master. I fear she may be in trouble."

Master Kayden nodded. "I figured as much. do you need my help? Or the other masters?"

"I am sorry Master Kayden. I must attend to this matter at once."

He frowned at her. "You haven't completed your studies as of yet. You still need to do your trials. Master Satele would disapprove."

Amethesta rose her pale face toward him. "I am certain she and the other masters will understand. I must learn where my sister is and what she is up to."

"That may be so, but you still need to get permission from your masters and Master Satele before you proceed further."

"Of course. Now if you will excuse me, I need to go."

Master Satele Shan sat quietly in the Jedi Temple meeting room with the other masters.

They discussed current events and delicate matters together often.

When she heard the soft shuffle of robes and heavy steps on the marble floor of the chamber, she looked up to greet the approaching Miraluka.

Satele smiled warmly at her, rising to her feet.

"Pardon the interruption masters." Amethesta came forward to greet them quietly.

The other masters followed suit, rising to their feet to greet her.

Master Satele smiled at the young Miraluka woman. "It's good that you're here Amethesta. We were just discussing your future."

Amethesta noticed Master Yuon Par and Master Cyo along with Lord Scourge.

"I am a Sentinel, not a Sage." She glanced toward the masters. "Why are you all discussing me?"

Lord Scourge came up to her, his ruddy red Sith pure blood face slowly creased into a warm smile.

"I had another vision concerning your fate. It concerns your sister, so I've asked her masters to attend this meeting."

Amethesta looked up at him, her Miraluka senses shifting, the Miraluka not having eyes as a species, she only saw force energy, colors and shadows. She viewed him as a beautiful force, darkness and light combined, his aura vibrated with shades of yellow and red like a warm sunset.

"My sister?"

Lord Scourge nodded his red bald head. "Yes."

Amethesta glanced over toward the masters. "that is what I came to discuss with you. Elleanna is missing."

Satele bowed her braided head. "we know. I am afraid that she may have gotten herself into a bad situation."

Lord Scourge placed his big red hands on Amethesta's shoulders. He squeezed her gently.

"There is too much to go into at the moment, but you need to know that I shall assist you in finding her."

Amethesta's pale face looked strained, pensive. "I only hope that we are not too late..."

3670bby Dromund Kaas The Dark Temple

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“Comon Hycoit.”

The young Miriluka girl motioned to the youth behind her.

The younger boy shivered, pulling his cloak tightly around his thin shoulders.

“We shouldn’t be here."

He looked around nervously as they quickly moved up the forest path.

"Stop being a scared skyrtt."

Hycoit shook his mop of sandy hair, one blue eye covered by the hair. .

“We should never have snuck away from Tython."

“Do you want to grow up a stuffy old Jedi like master Kayden?”

Hycoit frowned. “No, but...”

He looked up at the looming structure ahead, the high stone arches, the foreboding presence.

“So this is the dark temple...” he gasped in awe, shivering. “if we are caught, they will kill us.”

Elleanna nodded, smiling slightly.

“ I know, but that is part of life.” she put a slender pale hand on his shoulder, a hint of her ginger hair peeking out from under her hood. “even the masters teach us that you must be aware of both light and dark. how else are you to learn unless you experience it .”

Hycoit stepped carefully through the stone archway.

“I thought we would learn from texts and holocrons, not from Sith tombs.”

Elleanna chuckled. “Whoever learned that way obviously didn’t live that well. I intend to live life to the fullest, not to be cooped up in some Jedi library."

Hycoit followed her up the long stone stairwell cautiously.

“ I suppose you’re right, but I am still scared. I’ve heard anyone that comes here loses their mind .”

“Are you afraid of ghosts?”

“Not really. just dying .”

“There is no death. there is the force.”

“Somehow I think there’s more to it than that.”

“I believe that too.”

“ I suppose we’ll find out, though I’m not sure I want to.”

Elleanna looked at him thoughtfully. "just think what would happen if we survived and we bring back artifacts and treasures from the legendary dark temple." she grinned.

"The Masters will be angry we came here, but they will be proud in the end."

"Then let's make them proud and not die."

The two teens moved silently into the temple, carefully making their way into the ancient Sith structure...